He’s having a hard
time remembering his lines for the drama (special drama “akamedaka”) he’s
filming now. I heard he has scenes performing rakugo so he really has to talk
a lot (laughs).
When the five of us have work together, or when he’s traveling to the studio,
or even while he’s walking he’ll be saying the lines to himself, so I think he
must have a huge amount to remember. If I were to support Nino by making him
a home-cooked meal? I’d make hamburger [Salisbury] steak of course. Maybe
I’ll even make him a cheese hamburger steak!

Ah that’s right, it
seems like he’s been telling stories about me, saying something like “So J…”
in all kinds of places. This was a little while ago but he did that during
that “Murder on the Orient Express” interview* too, that was so
cruel~(laughs). Well, it wasn’t so much that it was cruel, it was more like “are
you really talking about this now!?” (laughs).

I feel like saying,
“that’s my story not yours” (laughs). But he is the only one who’s the same
age as me, and we did join the coming of age ceremony together so that’s why
he told it. By the way, that suit that he mentioned that became so popular,
of course I still have it even now. You know, I think Nino probably
exaggerates his stories more and more each time he tells them, I think he
just wants an excuse to say “So J…” whenever possible (laughs). There is a
bit of a gap between his J and the real me, so I’d appreciate it if everyone
would listen to his stories with a grain of salt (laughs).

*In an interview
that occurred in early January, Ninomiya told a story about his own coming of
age ceremony in front of a group of newly come-of-age adults. Ninomiya
revealed that while he himself wore a suit that he received from a TV
program, Matsumoto, who joined the same ceremony, wore a suit worth a few
hundred thousand yen with a pocket that had “Enjoy” embroidered in red
inside.